Gary Gereffi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Please note: Gary has left the "Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Gary Gereffi is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Value Chains Center at Duke University (https://gvcc.duke.edu/).  He has published over a dozen books and numerous articles on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and economic development, and he is one of the originators of the global value chains framework.  His most recent books are:  Handbook on Global Value Chains (co-edited by Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi and Gale Raj-Reichert), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2019); and Global Value Chains and Development: Redefining the Contours of 21^st Century Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018).  Current projects include:  (1) the impact of U.S. protectionism on jobs and regional trade agreements; (2) evaluating how the digital economy and Industry 4.0 are likely to affect international business strategies and industrial upgrading; and (3) shifting regional interdependencies in East Asia and North America, with a focus on China, South Korea and Mexico vis-à-vis the United States.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	1008 Monmouth Avenue, Durham, NC 27701
Office Phone:	(919) 682-6391
Email Address:
Web Pages:	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2Kd61F0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary_Gereffi/info

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• PUBPOL 790.05, SPECIAL TOPICS IN IDP Synopsis

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Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1980
M.A. & M.Phil.	Yale University	1974
B.A.	University of Notre Dame	1970

Research Interests:

Gary Gereffi’s major ongoing research projects are: (1) a book on the uptake of the global value chain paradigm by major international organizations in the economic and social development arena (expected completion date: Dec. 2015); (2) work with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank on export competitiveness, workforce development, and regional value chains, with an emphasis on Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa; (3) member of the Global Agenda Council on “The Future of Manufacturing” (World Economic Forum), which will initiate a bi-annual “Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit” co-sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), beginning in 2016; and (4) “A Global Value Chain Analysis of Food Security and Food Staples in the Energy-Exporting Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region,” funded by the Minerva Initiative (U.S. Dept. of Defense) (2012-2016).

Areas of Interest:

Development,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Economy and Society

Keywords:

Agriculture • Asia • Central America • Deindustrialization • Developing Countries • East Asia • Food Supply • Free trade • Globalization • Human capital • Humans • Industrial districts • Industry • Information technology • Knowledge economy • Labor • Latin America • Models, Econometric • Morocco • North America • South Asia • Sustainability • Textile Industry • Transaction costs

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Sturgeon, T; Gereffi, G; Guinn, A; Zylberberg, E, A Indstria Brasileira e as Candenas Globais de Valor (Brazilian Industry en Global Value Chains) (2014), Elsevier
2. Gereffi, G, Global value chains in a post-Washington Consensus world, Review of International Political Economy, vol. 21 no. 1 (January, 2014), pp. 9-37, ISSN 0969-2290 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
3. Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi, Sebastien Miroudot, and Daria Taglioni, Joining, Upgrading and Being Competitive in Global Value Chains: A Strategic Framework, World Bank (April, 2013) (Policy Research Working Paper 6406.) [main]
4. Lee, J; Gereffi, G; Beauvais, J, Global value chains and agrifood standards: challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 109 no. 31 (July, 2012), pp. 12326-12331, ISSN 0027-8424 (Part of Special Feature on “Agriculture Development and Nutrition Security.”.) [repository], [doi]  [abs]
5. Cornelia Staritz, Gary Gereffi and Olivier Cattaneo, co-editors, Shifting End Markets and Upgrading Prospects in Global Value Chains, Special issue of International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development (IJTLID), vol. Vol. 4, Nos. 1/2/3 (2011) [3]
6. Gereffi, G; Lee, J, Why the World Suddenly Cares About Global Supply Chains, Journal of Supply Chain Management, vol. 48 no. 3 (July, 2012), pp. 24-32, WILEY, ISSN 1523-2409 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
7. Gereffi, G; Christian, M, The impacts of Wal-Mart: The rise and consequences of the world's dominant retailer, Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 35 no. 1 (December, 2009), pp. 573-591, ANNUAL REVIEWS, ISSN 0360-0572 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
8. Barrientos, S; Gereffi, G; Rossi, A, Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: A new paradigm for a changing world, International Labour Review, vol. 150 no. 3-4 (December, 2011), pp. 319-340, WILEY, ISSN 0020-7780 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
9. Gereffi, G, Global Value Chains and International Competition, The Antitrust Bulletin, vol. 56 no. 1 (2011), pp. 37-56 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
10. Mayer, F; Gereffi, G, Regulation and Economic Globalization: Prospects and Limits of Private Governance, Business and Politics, vol. 12 no. 03 (Winter, 2010), pp. 1-25, Cambridge University Press (CUP), ISSN 1369-5258 [repository], [doi]  [abs]